LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 3

LEGAL PROFESSION UNIFORM LAW APPLICATION ACT 2022 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Act —

        accountant means a member of —

            (a)         Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand ARBN 084 642 571; or

            (b)         CPA Australia Ltd ACN 008 392 452; or

            (c)         the Institute of Public Accountants Ltd ACN 004 130 643;

        amend , in relation to a Victorian Act, includes replace a provision of the Act;

        amending Act means a Victorian Act, other than the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Amendment Act 2019 (Victoria), that amends —

            (a)         the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1; or

            (b)         the Uniform Regulations; or

            (c)         the Uniform Rules;

        Board means the Legal Practice Board established under section 30(1);

        Board member has the meaning given in section 38;

        community representative has the meaning given in section 62(1)(b);

        contentious business means legal services by an Australian legal practitioner in or for the purposes of any action, suit or proceedings before a court, but does not include the administration of estates and trusts;

        costs determination means a legal costs determination made under section 133;

        department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Attorney General in the administration of this Act;

        elected Board member has the meaning given in section 38(e);

        Guarantee Fund means the Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund established under section 194(1);

        judicial officer means a person empowered to exercise jurisdiction in a court, whether or not the person is sitting as a court;

        law library means the library that may be established under section 244(1);

        Law Mutual Fund means the fund continued under section 179(1);

        Law Society means the Law Society of Western Australia (Inc.);

        Legal Aid Commission means the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia established under the Legal Aid Commission Act 1976 section 6(1);

        Legal Contribution Trust means the Legal Contribution Trust established under section 101(1);

        Legal Costs Committee means the Legal Costs Committee established under section 83;

        legal member has the meaning given in section 62(1)(a);

        Legal Profession Uniform Framework means the uniform framework for regulation of the legal profession as described in the Intergovernmental Agreement or any uniform or national framework for regulation of the legal profession that succeeds that framework;

        Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) means the provisions applying in the State because of section 6;

        Legal Services and Complaints Committee means the Legal Services and Complaints Committee established under section 57(1);

        Legal Services and Complaints Officer means the person appointed to the office of Legal Services and Complaints Officer established under section 79(1);

        local approved form means a form approved for the purposes of this Act under section 253(1);

        local legal practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner whose home jurisdiction is this State;

        non-contentious business means legal services other than contentious business;

        old Act means the Legal Profession Act 2008 —

            (a)         as in force immediately before the day on which section 260(a) comes into operation; and

            (b)         repealed under section 260(a);

        PII management committee means the PII management committee that may be established under section 184;

        PII scheme means a PII scheme approved under the local regulations made under section 162;

        Principal Registrar has the meaning given in the Supreme Court Act 1935 section 4(1);

        registered company auditor has the meaning given in the Corporations Act section 9;

        statutory body means a body established or continued under a written law for a public purpose;

        trust account arrangement has the meaning given in section 200(1);

        Trust Interest Account means the account referred to in section 201(2);

        Uniform Regulations means —

            (a)         the Legal Profession Uniform Regulations as in force under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1 Part 9.1 immediately before the day on which this definition comes into operation (as amended or repealed by regulations to which paragraph (b), or an Act to which paragraph (c), applies); and

            (b)         the Legal Profession Uniform Regulations made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 9.1 on and after the day on which this definition comes into operation; and

            (c)         the Legal Profession Uniform Regulations made by a provision of an amending Act;

        Uniform Rules means —

            (a)         the Legal Profession Uniform Rules as in force under the Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Victoria) Schedule 1 Part 9.2 immediately before the day on which this definition comes into operation (as amended or repealed by rules to which paragraph (b), or an Act to which paragraph (c), applies); and

            (b)         the Legal Profession Uniform Rules made under the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) Part 9.2 on and after the day on which this definition comes into operation; and

            (c)         the Legal Profession Uniform Rules made by a provision of an amending Act;

        Uniform Rules (WA) means the Legal Profession Uniform Rules (WA) applying as subsidiary legislation of the State under section 14(2);

        Western Australian Bar Association means the Western Australian Bar Association (Inc.).

        (2)         Terms used in this Act and also in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) have the same meanings in this Act as they have in the Law unless the contrary intention appears.